diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d5baa5b61c..5b58f2db37 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ before_install:
   - "if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == '2.6' ]]; then pip install unittest2; fi"
 
 install: pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
-script: python setup.py test --runtests-opts='--run-destructive'
+script: sudo python setup.py test --runtests-opts='--run-destructive'
 
 notifications:
   irc: